From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sergei Shtylyov Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] [ide] mmio ide support Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:51:56 +0400 Message-ID: <468FC4AC.9030701@ru.mvista.com> References: <20070707094852.9473.21013.stgit@localhost.localdomain> <200707071419.52650.arnd@arndb.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200707071419.52650.arnd@arndb.de> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org To: Arnd Bergmann Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-ide@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ide@vger.kernel.org Arnd Bergmann wrote: >>This adds support for MMIO IDE device like CompactFlash >>in TrueIDE mode. >>Signed-off-by: Anton Vorontsov >>Signed-off-by: Vitaly Bordug > Hmm, are we still adding new IDE drivers? Do you also have a Yes, why not? > driver for the new libata layer? No (sorry for replying for Vitaly but I know the situation). > I think it would even be simpler to do. Wel have no interest in it right now. > You could also make it an of_platform_driver at the same time > instead of adding more cruft to fsl_soc.c. Since we're already That's a fair point (and fsl_soc.c doesn't seem proper place anyway). > about to add the electra_ide.c driver in 2.6.23, I guess there > should really be _one_ driver that is able to handle all > of_device based ATA hosts. One driver to rule them all. :-) That may be not so simple as it seems... MBR, Sergei